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Re:Dear MG Siegler, Are you seriously upset about your photo? by blurbytree on Thursday December 29, 2011 @04:12PM (#3405409)
How about when your kid/elderly relative does a search on google and sees it?

Google can choose to allow or disallow what they want.

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Re:Dear MG Siegler, Are you seriously upset about your photo? by icebraining on Thursday December 29, 2011 @11:16PM (#3406568)
And we can choose to criticize them for that choice. Ain't free speech wonderful?

How about when your kid/elderly relative does a search on google and sees it?

If I believe my kid is too young to see that, I wouldn't let him search on Google by himself. As for an elderly relative, I'm pretty sure any of mine can cope with a picture of someone flipping them off.

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Re:Dear MG Siegler, Are you seriously upset about your photo? by kelnos on Thursday December 29, 2011 @08:30PM (#3406188)
Sure, Google can choose to do whatever they want, but those choices have consequences. This policy could have the effect of making people feel like they can't "be themselves" on G+, and cause a drop in participation. I'm not saying this particular incident would have that effect (MG Siegler appears to not actually care), but it could for other cases.
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